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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Victoria Road at the “top of Drummoyne” in circa 1950 and in 2025. [circa 1950-Australian Railway Historical Society>2025-Phil Harvey]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Blast from the STAN past - Looking south west at the corner of Elizabeth and Campbell Streets, Sydney. From Rickard's Building in 1914 to the City Circle Railway viaduct in 2018. [1916-State Library of NSW>2018-Phil Harvey]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

1975 ~ 2024 A look into the city from near the former Fort Street School across the Bradfield Highway. The clutch of remnant buildings visible are on Essex and Cumberland Streets and down to Harrington Street. [1975-Alan Dunstan c/- City of Sydney Archives>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

From the archive 1964 ~ 2023 Opening day for the Gladesville Bridge viewed from Victoria Rd footbridge, Huntleys Point. Earlier photo shows traffic on approaches & exits from the bridge and the beginnings of the Tarban Creek Bridge construction [1964-Slides Worth Seeing - Instagram>2023-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

1924 ~ 2024 (100 years) Central Station. Rail bridges under construction to link Central with the underground network seen here from the Elizabeth Street side. [1924-A.E.Foster c/- SLNSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

SYDNEY 1966 - 2024 A city constantly under construction. Both views from a Manly Ferry. With thanks to Stephen Fleay. [1966-Alexis J Favenchi/Stephen Fleay>2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

GEORGE ST & MARKET ST 1954 - 2024 [1954-Ian Collis, Retro Sydney>2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

MUSEUM STATION One Hundred Years Ago 23 May 1924 - 23 May 2024 (1924-State Archives of NSW>2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

WYNYARD 1927 - 2024 Construction progress of Wynyard Station at 15 Dec 1927, view north along York Street. [1927-State Archives of NSW>2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

1958 ~ 2024 Chippendale. A tram signal box at the junction of City Road and Broadway and now not. [1958-City of Sydney Archives>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

1979 ~ 2024 From 'Good Things" to 'Goods Line". Former rail bridge now pedestrian thoroughfare over Ultimo Road looking toward Harris Street, Ultimo. [1979-City of Sydney Archive>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

1961(?) ~ 2024 Top photo shows removal of the tram tracks along Eddy Ave next to Central Station. Trams are back here, now being placed next to the Central Station building, rather than on the middle of the road. [VisitSydneyAus>A Jedrych]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

1924 ~ 2024 Millers Point. [1924-Alice Haigh c/- State Library of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

105 Argyle St, Camden c1935>2024 First pub on site was Commercial Hotel built 1873. Current Tudor style establishment replaced it in 1935. Trading names have included Camden Tavern, Molly Maguires Irish Pub, and now Camden Hotel. [c1935-Roy Dowle c/- The Oaks Historical Society>2024-A.Pages]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

1967 ~ 2024 A view from Kirribilli across a barren Milsons Point foreshore and toward a low rise Sydney city joined by a coat hanger. [1967-Tribune c/- State Library of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

1936 ~ 2022 Goulburn Hotel, now Scruffy Murphy's Pub; 43-49 Goulburn St corner George St, Haymarket. [1936-Australian National University>2024-A Jedrych]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

CENTRAL STATION (Sydney Terminal) 1940s - 2024 This area was the Ticket Booking Office for Regional and Interstate trains, in the 1940s. Now the Eternity Restaurant. A great place to relax before boarding a train. [1940s-NSW STATE Archives>2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Church St Parramatta, looking south over Lennox Bridge. 1970s>2024 [1970s-Old Sydney Album Facebook>2024-A. Ortado]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Corner of Cunningham and Goulburn Streets, Sydney in 1969 and in 2024. [1969-Sydney City Council>2024-Phil Harvey]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

1925 ~ 2024 North Sydney. Steam train arriving from Waverton through the tunnel and alongside the open cut stone face. Area now covered over with buildings & viewing platforms while passengers still go to and fro underneath at North Sydney Station. [1925-State Library of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

CIRCULAR QUAY Rainy Day 1934 - 2024 [1934-Sydney Morning Herald>2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

NO 1 FIRE STATION Castlereagh Street 1902 - 2024 [1902-Museum of Fire, Penrith>2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

1967 - 2024 [1967-State Library of NSW>2024>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Martin Place 1938 & 2024. I believe the then photo was taken on 11th November. (Armistice Day). [1938-State Library of NSW>2024-Bruce Mac]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Market St & George St 2006 - 2024 Monorail & light rail pass by the Queen Victoria Building. [2006-John Ward c/- City of Sydney Archives>2024-A.Pages]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

c1930s ~ 2024 389 George Street, City. Building bearing signage from Penfolds Wines to R.M.Williams. Together they may have created the wobbly boot 😛 [c1930s-S.Hood c/- State Library of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

1977 ~ 2024 Intersection of Church and Argyle Streets, Parramatta. [1977-City of Parramatta>2024-A. Ortado]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

c1920s ~ 2024 Looking down Pitt St from Railway Sq with the Marcus Clark Building & Daking House on the left & the new Central Station clock tower on the right. Pedestrians, cars, buses & a horse and cart trundling down the center of the picture. [c1920s-State Library of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Argyle St, Camden Early 1900s - 2024 From bare to blossoming. [early 1900s-Camden Library>2024-A.Pages]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

1966 ~ 2024 Nino Culotta after arriving in Sydney finds himself across the road from the Strand Hotel on William Street. [1966 - imcdb.org > 2024 - K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

The upstairs Reading Room of the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts in 1879 and in 2024.

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

1918 ~ 2024 Queen Victoria Building, George St, Sydney CBD. [1918-Sydney City Council>2024-A. Jedrych]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

1959 ~ 2024 Stanley St and Yurong St, Darlinghurst. Another example of greening a city. Terraces look better now, without screens. [1959-City of Sydney Archives>2024-A Jedrych]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

1956 ~ 2024 Corner of Elizabeth and Hunter Streets looking across to construction of the QANTAS Building. The terraces seen here made way for the extension of Phillip Street and Chifley Square. [1956-Max Dupain c/- State Library of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

c1890 ~ 2024 East Circular Quay / Bennelong Point. [c1890-State Library of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

GEORGE STREET Bebarfalds to Woolworths c1954 - 2024 "Meet me at Bebarfalds corner" was a tradition dating back to the 1930s. Woolies corner is still a popular place to meet. [c1954-David Keenan - "City Lines of The Sydney Tramway System">2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

WILLIAM STREET Sixty Years 1964 - 2024 View towards Kings Cross. With thanks to Stephen Fleay. / Alexis J Favenchi. [1964-Stephen Fleay>2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

ELIZABETH ST & MARKET ST 1958 - 2024 [1958-Len Stone c/- Sydney City Council>2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Park & Pitt Streets 1980 > 2024. [1980-City of Sydney Archives>2024-Bruce Mac]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Looking north along Pitt Street, Sydney from Martin Place in 1980 and in 2024. [1980-Bingley Hall>2024-Phil Harvey]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

AMP Buildings Circular Quay April 2018 & November 2024 [Both photos by Bruce Mac]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

1959 ~ 2024 College Street at William Street, St Mary's Cathedral in the background. [1959-Vic Solomons (Sydney City Council)>2024-A. Jedrych]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

1947 ~ 2024 Looking across Farm Cove taking in the scope between the Yurong Gate left of photo & a little wider of BMA House to the right. Randy Brown is showcasing his paddle ball skills front & centre. Building height restrictions lifted in 1957. 1947-State Library of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

George & King Sts c1900s - 2024 Comings & goings. [C1900s-John Henry Harvey c/- State Library of Victoria>2024-A.Pages]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

1961 ~ 2024 Wharf 2 Looking out over Sydney Harbour from the Tarpaein Way. [1961-Ivan Ives c/- State Library of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

GEORGE ST & GPO c1950s - 2024 [c1950s-Sydney City Council>2024-Stephen Thomas]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

1951 ~ 2024 Macquarie St. Most notable buildings still standing in both photos are the ones that feature prominently in the earlier photo, those being the Chief Secretary's Office shaded by the King Edward statue, the Astor Apartments and BMA House. [1951-State Library of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Opera House & Harbour Bridge 1966 - 2024 Viewed from Mrs Macquarie's Point, now through some extra foliage. [1966-Max Dupain c/- State Library of NSW.2024-A.Pages]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Harbour Bridge Stairs, The Rocks 1932 - 2024 A young family now admires the view from where these gentlemen had gathered on 14/04/1932, just a few weeks after the Harbour Bridge’s opening. [1932-NSW State Archives>2024-A.Pages]

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Sydney Then and Now @sydneythenandnow.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

1910~2022 H Cazneaux~Wharfies Circular Quay On a misty morn far removed from the cargo ships wharfies & warehouses that lined the Quay there are passenger liners bringing in tourists while joggers make their way to the Opera House or Botanic Gardens [1910-Art Gallery of NSW>2024-K.Sundgren]

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